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The IL-IA Section of the ACS was founded in 1923. The Section includes Bureau, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren, and Whiteside Counties in Illinois and Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Muscatine, and Scott Counties in Iowa. The American Chemical Society (ACS) is the world’s largest scientific society and one of the world’s leading sources of authoritative scientific information. A nonprofit organization, chartered by Congress, ACS is at the forefront of the evolving worldwide chemical enterprise and the premier professional home for chemists, chemical engineers and related professions around the globe. Learn more about the ACS here.
2022 Executive Committee
Ben Averill
Chair/Webmaster
Grain Processing Corporation
David Oostendorp
Past Chair
Loras College, Dept. of Chemistry
Jennifer Schmidt-McCormack
Secretary
St. Ambrose University, Dept. of Chemistry
Rich Craddick
Treasurer
Kent Nutrition Group (Retired)
Rick Rogers
Councilor
Grain Processing Corporation
Kelly Giddens
Alternate Councilor
St. Ambrose University, Dept. of Chemistry
Alan Abbott
Chemists Celebrate Earth Week Coordinator
Black Hawk College
Chemistry Olympiad Coordinator